St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-17
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
Shake Hands With Mr.. Cleveland
and His Wife.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-The recep-
ton to President and Mrs. Cleveland at
the Academy of Music tonight was one
OF the greatest social successes ever
witnessed in this city. 1t seemed as
though every prominent man or woman
here had felt it incumbent upon him or
her to do honor to the head of the nation
and his wife. Long before o'clock the
street in front of the academy was a
mass of carriages and fully
10000 people found their way
into the building before the tired presi-
dent grasped the hand of the last conner.
Every one was in evening dress, and
the scene presented was one of unusual
brilllancY. The immense building was
most beautifully decorated with flags,
flowers, cut and growing plants, and the
galleries were feStOOned with ribbons.
Before the president and his party, un-
der the escort of Messrs. Thomas M.
Thompson and B. K. Jameson, reached
the academy, every seat in the building
had an occupant, and the guests of the
evening amused themselves, before
undergoing the ordeal of the handshak-
ing, by viewing the immense body of
people from the box known as
THE PRINCE OF WALES BOX.
Just before 9 o'clock the president
and Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by
Justices Harlan and Miller, Secretaries
Bayard and Falrchild, Col. Lamont, ex-
President Hayes, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs.
Cadwallader, Mrs. Franklin Dick, Mr..
and Mrs. Amos r. Little, Gov. Biggs, of
Delaware, Hannibal Hamlin and Mrs.
Hamlin, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Har-
rah and Mayor Filter, took up their po-
sitiOn at the rear end of the stage ready
for the reception. John A. Kas-
son, of Iowa, president of the
| Centennial commission, acted as
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ryan
and the visiting diplomats. Then the
officers of the army, navy and militia,
under the lead of Gen. Sheridan, made
| their bows and received grasp of the
hand from the president and his wife.
| After the soldiers and sailors had passed
the rest of the audience followed and it
was nearly IL o'clock when the hand
shaking was over and the worn out Wis
| itors allowed to go to their hotels. The
president wore dress suit which be-
| frock coat Of the morning, and
Mrs. Cleveland was clad in
a beautiful white satin gown, with
ostrich trimming. In her hair she wore
| several clusters of diamonds. The
crowd in the building was something
| enormous, but the police arrangements
were so perfect that everything passed
| Off without jar.
| THE UNION LEAGUE BUILDING
tonight presented scene the like
of which is not remembered by
even the oldest members. Every officer
of the army, navy and militia in the city
had received a card for the reception,
and nearly every man of them availed
himself of the opportunity. Uniforms
| of all sorts and descriptions, from the
| plain fatigue blcase of the Pennsylvania
militia to the gorgeous, glittering dress
| coats of some of the visitors, were
to be seen everywhere about the place.
| At 8 o'clock the officers under Lieut..
Gen. Sheridan left the league house
and marched to the Academy of Music,
where they paid heir res poets to the
| presidential party. On their return
| they were presented to Gems. Sheridan
and Schofield and Admiral Luce, after
| which an informal dinner was served.
There were no speeches made and
everybody was presented to everybody
else. 1t was long after midnight before
the soldiers and sailors found their way
to their respective quarters An Incl
| dent of the evening was an impromptu
parade by the soldiers without their
officers. They were armed with fire.
works principally, and made Broad
street alive with the many colored lights
they hore